A couple of weeks ago I got my second and third piercings, both at the right side of my lower lip. I was inspired by a guy who looked amazing with two rings on the left side of his lower lip. I was so eager I went before I had sufficient funds. Not to mention my father said plainly that he didn't want me to come home pierced.
At A Glance Author Hayashi Contact Hayashi@bme.anon When A week ago Artist Russell Fox Studio The Tunnel Location Alliston I called up a friend and we went out to the tunnel, but the piercer was apparently out to breakfast. [It must have really been big, he was gone for ages] As for me, I hadn't eaten in a while and the pre-piercing anxiety made me lose my appetite entirely. I knew I should eat but I was also thinking that perhaps eating too near the time of the piercing would make me more likely to feel ill. [I have a bit of a phobia of sickness]
While waiting for the piercer to show up, my friend and I walked around for a while in the heat, [which I also don't recommend to anyone else!] checking out clothes and body jewelry that was for sale at the town's annual festival. We met up with Russ there, and when we finally got back to the shop with him, I'd had a good couple hours to get myself all nervous. I made things worse by being unsure as to where I should get pierced, and I waited downstairs while a couple people went in ahead of me.
I had finally decided on a second tongue piercing, but changed my mind at the last minute because someone said "make a statement, do something on your face!" -and so went up to get my lip done. I wanted both done at once so I could get it over with, since I wasn't sure if my lip would swell or not. I didn't want to put up with it twice if that would be the case!
The room had just recently been converted to a piercing studio and wasn't yet air conditioned. Not at all good considering I'd been walking around in 31ºC.
My accompanying friend, the apprentice piercer, and no less than five strangers awaiting their turns were in the small room and hallway behind me. I said they could stay since I wasn't planning to embarrass myself or anything, and in fact I rather like the distraction of conversations going on around me. I tried to distract myself with a stuffed tarantula but it didn't help. I'm really the type who needs to get pierced impulsively so I don't have time to get anxious.
He gave me mouthwash to rinse with and got out his tools. He took a marker and made dots on the inside and outside of my lip. I checked them in the mirror, and when I approved, he told me to close my eyes.
I find it hard to keep them shut so long, though I'm sure I'd rather not see. He clamped my lip, told me to breath deep and pierced me as I exhaled, and it certainly hurt more than the tongue had. It took longer to get the cbr in place than I had anticipated, and I let myself get tense then. The second piercing hurt more than the first, which I hear is usual. When he had the second cbr in I got up and felt all hot and dizzy so I headed for the tattoo studio to sit in front of the AC. I sat in front of a fan feeling like I was gonna puke for a few minutes. He told me to try not to, because it wouldn't be good to get vomit in a new piercing I'm sure! I think I was a bit out of it and I went and sat on the washroom floor, but by then I was fine. He led me back to sit by the fan and while he was piercing someone else he called out "how you doing?" and I said something like "I'm fantastic!"
After that it was great; if it swelled it was little enough that I couldn't even tell. Eating was fine and drinking's a bit of a crooked affair if no straws are handy. I only waited a week to have a bit of alcohol, but nothing bad seemed to come of that. I love the mouth piercings for being such fast healers! It's so worth it, even if my dad says I look like a hooked carp and the grandparents shudder. What matters is that I like it, and I don't see many people (especially not in this town) who have this piercing. People seem obsessed with balance and tell me I should have one on either side, but I like this asymmetrical look. They've certainly not seen the end of this, modifying is just too satisfying!